Speedwell Forge Mansion

Speedwell Forge Mansion
Location 465 Speedwell Forge Rd., Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°12′56″N 76°19′52″W / 40.21556°N 76.33111°W / 40.21556; -76.33111Coordinates: 40°12′56″N 76°19′52″W / 40.21556°N 76.33111°W / 40.21556; -76.33111
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference # 06000429[1]
Added to NRHP May 24, 2006

Speedwell Forge Mansion, also known as Speedwell Forge Homestead, is a historic home located at Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The mansion was built about 1760, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay wide and two bay deep, brownstone and fieldstone dwelling in the Georgian style. It was expanded about 1795 with a Georgian \ Federal style wing. Also on the property are a contributing stone summer kitchen (c. 1760), stone and frame workshop (c. 1795-c. 1850), stone paymaster's office c. 1795), and stone privy (c. 1795).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Speedwell Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.


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